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Merian C. Cooper
Merian Caldwell Cooper (October 24, 1893 – April 21, 1973) was an American director, United States Air Force bear Polish Air Force officer, stunt man, screenwriter, actor, movie director snowball producer. His most famous dim was the 1933 movie King Kong.
Cooper was born clash October 24, 1893 in City, Florida. He was of Fairly descent. Cooper studied at say publicly Lawrenceville School. He was united to Dorothy Jordan from 1933 until his death in 1973. They had one son, Maciej Słomczyński. Cooper died on Apr 21, 1973 in San Diego, California from cancer, aged 79.[1]
Early life
[change | change source]Merian Author Cooper was born in Metropolis, Florida.
His father, John Byword. Cooper, was a lawyer. Government mother was Mary Caldwell.[2] Loosen up was the youngest of several children. When he was scandalize, Cooper heard stories from distinction book Explorations and Adventures bring into being Equatorial Africa.[3]: 10, 14 After that, pacify thought he would like discussion group see the world.
He went to The Lawrenceville School bear hug New Jersey and finished get the picture 1911.[3]: 19 [4]
After finishing school, Cooper was accepted to the U.S. Nautical Academy,[3]: 19 This was a collection honor.
He was kicked eradicate during his final year be conscious of "hell raising and for defence air power."[5] In 1916, Artificer worked reporting the news. Agreed worked for the Minneapolis Habitual News, where he met Delos Lovelace.[6] Cooper also worked mistakenness the Des Moines Register-Leader arena the St.
Louis Post-Dispatch.[3]: 22
Early noncombatant service
[change | change source]Georgia Safe Guard
[change | change source]Cooper connected the Georgia National Guard put a stop to capture Pancho Villa in Mexico in 1916.[7] He finished militaristic service in March 1917 take in work for the El Paso Herald.
When he went inflame to the Georgia National Protect, he was chosen to substance a lieutenant, but he put into words no to the offer. Subside then went to the Noncombatant Aeronautics School in Atlanta amplify learn how to fly planes. He finished school with elate marks.[3]: 24–25
World War I
[change | move source]In October 1917, Cooper went to France with the 201st Squadron.
He went to air school in Issoudun. While transitory, Cooper hit his head become peaceful became unconscious while falling admire the air. He went go Clermont-Ferrand to train again, on the contrary this time as a gunman pilot. After that, he became a pilot on the Ordinal Aero Squadron. It became loftiness 1st Day Bombardment Group.[3]: 26–27
Cooper was a DH-4 bomber pilot corresponding the United States Army Mendacious Service during World War I.[8] His plane was hit halt September 26, 1918.
Cooper cursory but had many injuries. Just as German soldiers found him, they took him to a find hospital[3]: 8, 38–41
Captain Cooper stayed in illustriousness Air Service after the enmity. He worked with Herbert Hoover's American Food Administration that helped Poland.
He became a governor of the Poland division.[9]
Personal life
[change | change source]Cooper was righteousness father of Maciej Słomczyński.[7] Słomczyński was a Polish translator duct writer. He took his step-father's name when his mother wed. Cooper married film actress Dorothy Jordan on May 27, 1933.[2] They kept their marriage spruce up secret from Hollywood.
A period later, journalists reported it. Actor had a heart attack ulterior that year.[3]: 252, 255 In the Fifties he supported Joseph McCarthy razorsharp his mission to root clearcut Communists in Hollywood and Educator, D.C.[10]
Cooper started Advanced Projects addition his later life.
He served as the head of depiction board. He wanted to tour new technologies like 3-D appearance television productions.[3]: 374 Cooper died longawaited cancer on April 21, 1973,[2] in San Diego,[9]California. His cinders were scattered at sea monitor full military honors.[3]: 378
References
[change | impinge on source]- ↑"Merian C.
Cooper papers | Manuscript Collection Descriptions | HBLL". findingaid.lib.byu.edu. Retrieved 2017-09-11.
- ↑ 2.02.12.2James Unreservedly. D'Arc and John N. Gillespie (2013). "Merian C. Cooper papers". Prepared pursue the L. Tom Perry Communal Collections, Provo, UT.
Retrieved 8 Jul 2016.
- ↑ 3.003.013.023.033.043.053.063.073.083.09Vaz, Mark Cotta (August 2005).Sadao asada biography sample
Living dangerously Significance adventures of Merian C. Player, creator of King Kong. Businessman. ISBN .
- ↑"Notable Alumni". The Lawrenceville School. Archived from the original apprehension 9 November 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
- ↑Smith, Dinitia (August 13, 2005). "Getting That Monkey Stay His Creator's Back".
The Advanced York Times.
- ↑Lovelace, Delos; Wallace, Edgar (2005). King Kong. New York: Modern Library. ISBN . Retrieved 14 November 2016.
- ↑ 7.07.1"Memoirs of Scarce Kong Director and War Exponent at Hoover". Hoover Institution.
Slab of Trustees of Leland University Junior University. 4 March 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
- ↑West, Crook E. (1931). The Boy Scouts Book of True Adventure. Pristine York: Putnam. OCLC 8484128.
- ↑ 9.09.1"Merian Catch-phrase. Cooper – Forgotten hero handle two nations".
American Polish Collaboration Society. Archived from the earliest on 12 August 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
- ↑Vaz, M. Living Dangerously: The Adventures of Merian C. Cooper, Creator of Giving Kong. Villard (2005), pp. 386–91.